The Sleeping Beauty by Mercedes Lackey Book Review

Name of book: The Sleeping Beauty

Publisher:Luna

Published:July 1st, 2010 

Age group:13-17

Number of Pages:336

 Summary

With signs and traditions pointing to an all-out war set to break out among the kingdoms, Rosamund, the king's daughter, is "playing dead" as two princes show up at the palace intent on waking her with a kiss. But, as the two of them start to fight it out, Rosa's godmother cuts them all short and takes charge. Now, with two princes competing for the hand of Sleeping Beauty-one of them, the one with roving hands (Prince Leopold) probably "should" be her prince, while the other (Prince Siegfried) doesn't seem to belong here at all-more complications occur. The king dies and the neighbors start looking at Rosa's kingdom. But with the palace filling with young and old princes intent on winning Rosamund's love, invading the kingdom and putting those young men in peril would mean incurring the wrath of thirty other countries!

Review
Normally, I don't exactly like princesses. To me, they don't really deserve their happy endings. It's basically by chance and luck - and magic. and in the real world, that type of stuff doesn't exist here. Cinderella's fate may seem horrible (to do chores every single day), but in reality, that's an everyday thing. A lot of kids in this world have to survive with having a 'evil' stepmother or stepfather. And do they get a fairy godmother? No. Surprisingly, this actually wasn't bad. The description that I read from the book was completely different from what I read,though. I loved the creative streak inside this book, how there was a twist of both snow white and sleeping beauty.I just loved the uniqueness of this book. I wouldn't exactly call this a fairytale retelling because it's one on it's own. This story is full of love, passion and confusion at how everyone's lives are going to play out after a disastrous accident. No one would really expect a dash of humor in this - but it does have some. I loved the hilarious rhyming parts and other things that made me laugh so hard. I really like Mercedes Lackey's work, and I would definitely reccomend it to other peopleNormally, I don't exactly like princesses. To me, they don't really deserve their happy endings. It's basically by chance and luck - and magic. and in the real world, that type of stuff doesn't exist here. Cinderella's fate may seem horrible (to do chorse every single day), but in reality, that's an everyday thing. A lot of kids in this world have to survive with having a 'evil' stepmother or stepfather. And do they get a fairy godmother? No. Surprisingly, this actually wasn't bad. The description that I read from the book was completely different from what I read,though. I loved the creative streak inside this book, how there was a twist of both snow white and sleeping beauty.I just loved the uniqueness of this book. I wouldn't exactly call this a fairytale retelling because it's one on it's own. This story is full of love, passion and confusion at how everyone's lives are going to play out after a disastrous accident. No one would really expect a dash of humor in this - but it does have some. I loved the hilarious rhyming parts and other things that made me laugh so hard. I really like Mercedes Lackey's work, and I would definitely reccomend it to other peopleNormally, I don't exactly like princesses. To me, they don't really deserve their happy endings. It's basically by chance and luck - and magic. and in the real world, that type of stuff doesn't exist here. Cinderella's fate may seem horrible (to do chorse every single day), but in reality, that's an everyday thing. A lot of kids in this world have to survive with having a 'evil' stepmother or stepfather. And do they get a fairy godmother? No. Surprisingly, this actually wasn't bad. The description that I read from the book was completely different from what I read,though. I loved the creative streak inside this book, how there was a twist of both snow white and sleeping beauty.I just loved the uniqueness of this book. I wouldn't exactly call this a fairytale retelling because it's one on it's own. This story is full of love, passion and confusion at how everyone's lives are going to play out after a disastrous accident. No one would really expect a dash of humor in this - but it does have some. I loved the hilarious rhyming parts and other things that made me laugh so hard. I really like Mercedes Lackey's work, and I would definitely recommend it to other people.

Rating
B+